Starting Over.

I am not really going to recap the past 5 months it would be too long and I am sure like a Soap Opera you have not see in a few years, a couple posts and you will be completely up to speed.

I will start with today. Today is Saturday and today our good friend Ed Zdeb, and our Elders Quorum from church moved from Ed's yard across the road, to our backyard 18 yards.. yes 18 yards of rock! It was a site to behold all these wonderful people giving up their Saturday morning to help us out. It was amazing to watch the energy being expended on our "little" well moderately sized back yard and the transformation that took place so quickly. We had so many people show up that in 4 hours we went from


this......

to this!

Now all we have to do is put some sod in the middle (that will be a Edric and Kelsey project 2 weeks from now) our backyard will be done until we start our projects next year. What will those projects entail you ask? A Pergola to shield us from the beating sun that prevents any of us from venturing out to our backyard from 1pm until sunset. A rolling shade that will be attached to the pergola. As sidewalk that will stretch the side of the house and of course more plants, and hopefully a garden that thrives, not just eeking out a few small tomatoes.

Edric took 2 days off work so we could prepare for all the rock and the week prior Duncan pulled all the weeds out of our backyard. It really was a "family project" even our Ward Family helped out with trucks, shovels, wheelbarrows and a constant smile and eagerness to help. We are indebted to them for the time they took and the willingness they showed to help us out. I just hope we can do the same for them sometime in the future.